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[The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

[The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.] — historic photograph
[The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]. Historic photograph from the Library of Congress collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]

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Taken around 1898, this view shows the Library of Congress in its new home, the Thomas Jefferson Building, which opened to the public in 1897 on Capitol Hill, just east of the Capitol. The library grew out of a collection Congress established in 1800, which was largely destroyed when British forces burned the Capitol in 1814. Thomas Jefferson sold his own personal library to Congress in 1815 to help rebuild it. The building's ornate Beaux-Arts design, with its decorated facades and dome, was meant to reflect the young nation's ambitions for learning.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1898.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,134 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-124196

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